Worst political quote of the week, NJ Edition

[mcscajun]

EAST HANOVER -- Philip Maenza, the 27-year-old candidate seeking a seat on the township council, switched from Democrat to Republican about two years ago, but still gets a chilly reception from some longtime Republicans.

He switched parties, he said, because "I really didn't think the Democrats had a future in town."

With an entirely Republican township council, he may have been right. But entrenched town Republicans haven't exactly welcomed the Rutgers University graduate.

"I'm tired of the flip-flopping," Councilman John DePola said Thursday. "These people are just running under the Republican shield because Morris County is largely Republican." DePola's seat is the only one up for election in November, but he has said he's not seeking another term.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604140365

So, he abandons whatever Lightly Held Principles he may have had in the first place for ambition's sake? BOTH Parties are right to snub him, in perpetuity.

[TAPat]

1. At least he's honest?

:shrug: ;)

[mcscajun]

2. On something, anyway...

I don't know him personally, so I couldn't speak to his general character.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. These people are more common than you think.

[mcscajun]

4. I'm sure. But everytime one surfaces, he/she should be pointed out.

Pick up the rock and expose them to the sunlight.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

5. Remember

That changing parties may reflect strongly-held principles that are approximately equidistant from those of the two parties, as opposed to lightly-held ones.

I'm not saying they do in this case - I don't know anything about the man - but I think that two often people assume that passionate = extreme.